In a tragic incident, 36 people died after a bus fell into a gorge near Marchula in Uttarakhand`s Almora district on November 04. The bus was coming from Golikhal area to Ramnagar when the terrible accident took place. The police, fire and SDRF teams started rescue ops to evacuate injured and rushed them to nearest health centre. PM Modi has announced an ex-gratia of ₹2 Lakh from PMNRF for the next of kin of each of the deceased in the accident.